UFOs

[poliphilo]

"They" say interstellar travel is impossible, but "they" said the same about powered flight and supersonic flight- and all sorts of other things- so I simply don't believe them.

And if interstellar travel is possible it's more than likely there are civilizations out there that have cracked it.

And if that's the case what's so implausible about aforesaid civilizations wanting to pay us a visit? If we had the technology (and I believe we will eventually) we'd be raring to go.

I'm not saying UFOs are for real (though I think they are) just that I see no very good reason for dismissing them out of hand- apart, that is, for an understandable reluctance to surrender our current (rather cosy) view of the universe.

Comments

[wyrmwwd.livejournal.com]

There is absolutely no reason to assume that this is the only planet in the universe with evolving life. There is absolutely no reason to assume that life on other planets will evolve even remotely similar to our own evolution. There is absolutely no reason to assume that this other life has not developed a similarly unique culture and technology. There is also no reason to assume that we won't, eventually, figure it out. Remember, they used to believe the world was flat and ships would fall off the edge.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

We've come a long way in a very short time. It's only a few thousand years since we first developed script and metal working. I think it would be ridiculous to asume that we've nothing left to learn.